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100 topics for self-study
CHRIS GOUGH
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35 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BE, England
© Language Teaching Publications 2001
Cover Design by Anna Macleod
Printed in England by Commercial Colour Press; London E7
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Trang 6Contents Before you start
People
Unit 1 – Age ……… 8
Unit 2 – Stages of life ……… 10
Unit 3 – Babies and children ……… 12
Unit 4 – Death ……… 14
Unit 5 – Family ……….…… 16
Unit 6 – Friends ……….… 18
Unit 7 – Love and romance ……… 20
Unit 8 – Marriage ……… 22
Describing People Unit 9 – General appearance ……….… 24
Unit 10 – Clothes ……….…… 26
Unit 11 – Talking about clothes ……… 28
Unit 12 – Describing character ……… …… 30
Unit 13 – Adjectives to describe people …… 32
Feelings and Emotions Unit 14 – Feelings and emotions ……… 34
Unit 15 – Happy or sad ……… 36
Unit 16 – Getting angry ……… 38
Unit 17 – Liking and disliking ……… 40
The Human Body Unit 18 – Head and face ……… 42
Unit 19 – Hair and face ……… 44
Unit 20 – Parts of the body ……… 46
Unit 21 – Body movements ……… 48
Unit 22 – The senses ……… … 50
Health Unit 23 – Feeling ill ……… … 52
Unit 24 – Injuries ……… 54
Unit 25 – At the doctor's ……… 56
Unit 26 – In hospital ……… 58
Unit 27 – A healthy lifestyle ……… 60
Around the House Unit 28 – Houses and homes ……… 62
Unit 29 – The living room ……… 64
Unit 30 – The kitchen ……… 66
Unit 31 – The bedroom and bathroom …… 68
Unit 32 – Jobs around the house ………… 70
Unit 33 – Problems around the house …… 72
Food and Drink Unit 34 – Meat, fish and groceries ………… 74
Unit 35 – Fruit and vegetables ……… 76
Unit 36 – Talking about food ……… 78
Unit 37 – Cooking ……… 80
Unit 38 – Eating out ……… 82
Unit 39 – Drinks ……… 84
Leisure Time Unit 40 – Talking about free time ……… 86
Unit 41 – Hobbies and interests …… …… 88
Unit 42 – Activities and interests ……… 90
Unit 43 – Special occasions ……… 92
Unit 44 – Film and cinema ……… 94
Unit 45 – Books and art …… ……… 96
Unit 46 – Music ……… 98
Sport Unit 47 – Ball and racquet sports …….…… 100
Unit 48 – Football ……… 102
Unit 49 – Other sports ……… 104
Unit 50 – Results and scores ……… 106
The Media Unit 51 – Television ……… 108
Unit 52 – Newspapers ……… 110
Unit 53 – Advertising ……… 112
Technology Unit 54 – Telephones ……… 114
Unit 55 – Computers ……… 116
Unit 56 – Machines and equipment ……… 118
Money Matters Unit 57 – Money ……… 120
Unit 58 – Rich and poor ……… 122
Unit 59 – At the bank ……… 124
Unit 60 – Shops and shopping ……… 126
Travel and Transport Unit 61 – Holidays ……… 128
Unit 62 – Beach holidays ……… 130
Unit 63 – Forms of transport ……… 132
Unit 64 – Cars ….……… 134
Unit 65 – Driving ……… 136
Unit 66 – Public transport ……… 138
Education and Work Unit 67 – School ……… 140
Unit 68 – Further education ….……… 142
Unit 69 – Learning a language ……… 144
Unit 70 – Jobs ……… 146
Unit 71 – Employment ……… ……… 148
Unit 72 – Working life ……… 150
Unit 73 – In the office ……… ……… 152
Unit 74 – Business ……… 154
Society Unit 75 – Crime and punishment ………… 156
Unit 76 – Serious crime ……… 158
Unit 77 – Theft, drugs and other crimes … 160
Unit 78 – War ……… 162
Unit 79 – Politics ……… ……… 164
Unit 80 – Religion ……… 166
Unit 81 – Social issues ……… 168
Our World Unit 82 – The environment ……… 170
Unit 83 – The natural world ……… … 172
Unit 84 – Science ……… 174
Unit 85 – Materials ……… 176
Unit 86 – History ……… 178
Unit 87 – Countries and nationalities …… 180
Unit 88 – The weather ……… 182
Unit 89 – Disasters ……… 184
Unit 90 – Wild animals ……… 186
Unit 91 – Domestic and farm animals …… 188
Unit 92 – Talking about animals ……… … 190
Unit 93 – Towns and cities ……… 192
Abstract Concepts Unit 94 – Time ……… 194
Unit 95 – Numbers ……….……… 196
Unit 96 – Similarity and difference ………… 198
Unit 97 – Thoughts and ideas ……… 200
Unit 98 – Size and shape ……… 202
Unit 99 – Distance and speed ……… 204
Unit 100 – Quantities …….……… 206
Answer Key ……… ……… 208
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1 She's 3 days old a She's still a child
2 She's 18 months b She's a newborn baby
3 She's 8 c She's a teenager
4 She's 14 d She's an adult
5 She's 20 e She's a toddler
Do the same with the following:
6 He's 28 f He's in his early forties
7 He's 35 g He's fairly elderly
8 He's 48 h He's in his mid-thirties
9 He's 42 i He's middle-aged
10 He's 85 j He's in his late twenties
The expression elderly people is a more polite
way of talking about old people
3 A two-year-old boy
Look at this example:
He's nvo years old
> I've got a two-year-old son
Re-write these examples in a similar way:
Look at this example:
They are all 10 years old
> They're all ten-year-olds
Now re-write these examples in a similar way:
4 I teach kids of seven and eight
I teach
5 Most of them were only sixteen
They were mostly
6 The boy the police arrested was only nine!
He was only a
4 Expressions with 'age' Use these words to complete these expressions with 'age':
1 the age as (me)
2 when I was age
same child
Now use the expressions in the sentences below:
a Do you think you should be smoking ? I mean, you're only 15
b You're lucky to have the chance to go to university , I had
to get a job and start earning some money
c John F Kennedy became one of the youngest Presidents of the United States
d Isn't Peter home yet? A should be in bed by 10 - at the latest!
e The great thing about roller-blading is that seem to be doing
it - young and old
f Our son is the boy next door They're in the same class
g You're not really 50, are you ? I don't believe
it
h '
you'll realise there's more to life than going clubbing and riding motorbikes
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Use the following expressions in the sentences
below:
the ag e differ ence t he g enerati on g ap
the young er g ener ation of my g eneration
1 Many older people t hink t hat
are only int eres ted in money
2 My wife is ten years older t han me, but
has never been a problem
3 You can't expect me t o us e t he internet !
P eople grew up without
t elephones !
4 My hus band and I can't st and t he mus ic our
children play or their t ast e in clot hes I
s uppos e I ts JUst
6 He's very mature for his age
Use the following words in the dialogues below:
1 J ane's only two years old, but s he can count
up t o t en
> R eally? She s ounds v er y for her ag e
2 P eter's only 14, but he's nearly as tall as me
> es , e s qm te or IS ag e, ts n t e
3 Grand-dad plays t ennis t hree t imes a week
> I know He's v ery for his ag e
4 Y ou know, Rut h's 50, but s he's st ill a very
at tract ive woman
> I know She looks r eally for her ag e
5 Laura's only 1 4, but when s he puts make-up
on, you'd t hink s he was 1 7
> Yes , s he's v er y for her ag e, is n't s he?
6 My g randmother's 100, but s he lives alone
and looks aft er herself She's amaz ing !
> Yes, s he's q uite for her ag e
People English Vocabulary ::; ·;::: · se<
7 Age idioms
The following idioms are all about getting old Complete them using these words:
1 Y ou can't teach an old new t ricks
2 She's t he s ide of 40
3 He's the hill
4 He's on a bit now
Now use these idioms, changing the grammar if necessary to complete these sentences:
a J ohn will never chang e t he way he does things You
b In profess iona l foot ball, you're at 35
c I t hink I'll have to s tart taking life a bit eas ier I am , you know!
d Sheila look� g reat for her ag e Y ou'd never
g uess s he's of 50 !
8 Famous quotes
Complete these quotes with the following words:
1 Y ou're only as old as you
2 Life beg ins at
3 Women lie about t heir ; men lie about their
Do you think the last one is true?
Have you ever lied about your age?
Add your own words and expressions
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2 Stages of life
1 Basic vocabulary
Put these words into the following sentences:
childhood adolescence birth puberty
1 Was he present at the of his son?
2 I think I had a very happy
3 Girls usually reach about a year
before most boys
4 can be the best or the worst years
of your life
Now use these words, which relate to the later
years of life:
old age retirement marriage middle age
5 My first unfortunately only lasted a
couple of years
6 Now that I'm over 40, I can feel
approaching
7 I want to stop work when I'm 60 and have a
long and happy
8 In his my father wrote a book
about his wartime experiences
teens twenties student
kid single young
a In my
b when I was a
c when I was
Now use the correct form of these verbs:
1 I my childhood in the country I
loved walking home from school across the
fields
2 I was in the country so it took a long
time to get used to living in London
3 I in the country so when I moved to
London it was quite a shock
4 I a very strict upbringing I had to
study for two hours after school and had to
be in bed by 9
3 When I get old Match the beginnings of these sentences with the endings below:
1 I don't want to go to university
2 I'm going to spend more time with my grandchildren
3 Will you still love me
4 We won't be able to go out as much
5 At least we'll have some peace and quiet
a when the kids grow up and leave home
b when I'm old and grey?
c when I leave school
d when I retire
e when we have children
4 Important events in people's lives Match the verbs with the words on the right:
1 leave a your wife I your father
2 get b schools I jobs I your career
3 change c a baby I children
4 have d engaged I married I divorced
5 move e school I home
6 lose f house Now use some of the expressions in the sentences below You might need to change the form of the verb or the pronoun
7 I'm not sure what I'll do when I It depends on my exam results
8 I wasn't surprised when I heard that they'd decided to I never really understood why they got married
9 When we move to Bristol the children will have to I'm worried that it might affect their studies
10 Bill's never really recovered from in a car accident two years ago They'd been married for twenty years
1 1 I want to find my own flat but my parents think I'm too young to
12 The place we're in now has only got two bedrooms We'll have to think about soon
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5 The best day of my life
Complete the following sentences with the expressions below:
1 I'll never forget the day I got married It was
2 The day I decided to change my career was the big in my life
3 Being offered that job in Las Vegas was I've never looked back!
4 I've had some bad times, but in my life was probably when I lost
my job at IBM
6 Expressions with 'life'
Complete the following expressions with the words
below:
my
new
way all
a my life
b start a life
c it's a of life
whole full
d spent his life
e in all life
f a very life
Now use the expressions in the sentences below:
1 My grandfather in the
navy He travelled all over the world
2 I've worked hard Now
I'm looking forward to retiring
3 I was in India last month The Taj Mahal is
incredible I've never seen anything like it
4 My grandmother's nearly 90 now She's been
married three times and lived in six different
countries She's had
5 My best friend's had enough of Britain He's
going off to America to
6 When I first started this job, I didn't like
travelling up and down to London on the
train every day but now
7 Decisions and choices
Use these words to complete the sentences below:
1 I had to decide if I wanted to get a job or go
to university It was a very choice
2 I'm going to give this job up and go back to college I hope I'm making the decision
3 I'm pleased you're going to study at Oxford
I think you've made a very choice
4 It was definitely the decision to come here in October It's freezing
5 I hear you're thinking of becoming self
employed Personally, I think that would be
a move
What was the best I happiest day of your life so far? Have there been any major turning-points in your life?
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Add your own words and expressions
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3 Babies and children
Complete the following sentences with these
words:
1 I'm going to stop work when the baby is
2 Women shouldn't smoke during
3 Julie's staying in hospital for a few more
days It was quite a difficult
4 Have you heard? Jane's again
5 Looking after a baby is more
difficult than you think
6 I'm exhausted I have to get up three times
every night to the baby
7 I don't mind whether it's a boy or a girl as
long as it's
8 Don't forget to bring some for
the children to play with
2 Expecting a baby
Complete the following sentences with the correct
form of the verbs below:
plan expect lose get
1 One of the girls at my school
pregnant when she was only 14
2 We only to have two children,
so Jane was a bit of surprise- to both of us!
3 Have you heard? Lisa's another
baby It's due in November
4 A friend of mine crashed her car when she
was pregnant and the baby
3 Having a baby
Put the following in the most logical order 1 - 7:
a She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl
b She got pregnant
c She went into labour
d They called her Helen
e She was in labour for eight hours
f She was rushed to the maternity ward
g She had a scan to see if the baby was OK
Match the words with the pictures:
3 4
buggy
Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases below:
crawling breast-feeding maternity leave
1 We've had quite a few since the baby was born I'm absolutely exhausted most of the time
2 The baby's crying again I think her needs changing
3 I can't drink any alcohol at the moment I'm
4 I wish we could go out a bit more in the evening, but getting a is very expensive
5 I've still got two months of my left but I'm not sure what to do then I'd quite like to go back to work but employing
a to look after the baby will
be so expensive
6 Justin's six months now He's just started He'll be walking in no time
7 Jenny's nearly three now She'll soon be able
to go to and I'll be able to go back to work
8 If you think having one baby to look after is difficult, imagine what it's like if you have or even triplets
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Match the sentences below with the
pictures on the right:
I remember
1 playing with toy cars
2 playing with dolls
3 collecting stamps
4 playing board games with the family
5 learning to ride a bike
6 skipping i n the playground at school
Read this text and then put the coloured expressions into the correct group below:
I wish our children were more like my brother's children His children are so wellbehaved
-they're so polite and they always seem to do what -they're told Our children are so naughty all the
time Tommy's always getting into trouble at school - last week he broke a window in one of the
classrooms And my daughter Jenny's no better - last week she got told off by her teacher for
drawing on the desk in the classroom I do love my children very much - I j ust wish they could
learn to behave themselves a bit better
being good:
not being good:
7 Rules
Match the beginnings of the sentences on the left with the endings on the right Some of the beginnings
match with more than one ending
1 My parents made me a brush my teeth before I went to bed
5 I wasn't allowed to
Now complete the first part of each sentence so that it is true for you
In some countries it's against the law to smack your children What do you think?
Add your own words and expressions
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4 Death
1 Basic vocabulary
Use these words in the sentences below:
1 The ambulance was too late The boy was
by the time it arrived at the
5 The number of in road accidents
has increased again this year
If you say that somebody has passed away or
that somebody has just lost his wife or lost her
husband it is kinder and less shocking than
saying that somebody has 'died'
Now match the words on the left with the
definitions on the right:
b the person whose job it is
e a man whose wife is dead
2 When someone dies
3 How did he die?
Which of these expressions go with the two structures below?
a road accident
a heart attack
the war old age
starve drown
bleed choke
1 Ten people to death in a fire in Birmingham last night
2 Aid workers have warned that unless food is sent soon, thousands of people will
5 It is believed that the two climbers
to death in temperatures of minus 30°
6 A man today after jumping into the River Thames to save his dog
Now match the verbs and nouns to make three expressions which fit in the sentence below:
committed ]silled took
his own life suicide himself
7 Police believe the young man after his wife left him
Complete each of the following sentences with the phrases below:
1 As soon as Mrs Johnson knew she was dying, she , leaving all her money
to The Red Cross She a few months later
2 When my aunt died, she
3 When her father died, Sally
4 Helen was very popular When she died, more than two hundred people
5 Poor Sheila! She only a year after she got married Her husband had
a heart attack and died very suddenly while they were on holiday in New Zealand
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Now use the correct form of these verbs:
bury cremate scatter visit
I've only ever been to two funerals My
mother died five years ago and she was
(9) . in a little churchyard
near where she lived I still try to
( 1 0 ) her grave every month if I
can A few months ago one of my best
friends was killed in an accident He
was ( 1 1 ) and his ashes
were ( 12) in the sea near
Bournemouth, where he grew up
5 Death idioms
The idea of death is often used in a
metaphorical sense Match the following
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1 What a boring place! It's completely
dead after 1 0 o'clock at night
2 My Walkman isn't working I think
the batteries must be dead
3 Latin is a dead language
4 I'm dying for a drink
5 The break-up of the Soviet Union
signalled the death of communism
a I really need one
b They are not working any more
c The end of something
d Nothing happens
e It is not used any more
A tomb is different from a grauc Graves, always below the ground, are where ordinary people are buried Tombs, often above the ground, are grand memorials to very important or rich people We talk about my grandfather's
�rave, but the Tomb of Tutankhamun
Here is an amusing little poem which some native speakers say when they hear someone coughing:
It's not the cough that'll carry you off
It's the coffin they'll carry you off in!
This headline appeared in a British newspaper in 1997 What was the story?
NATION FILLED WITH GRIEF
Add your own words and expressions
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1 Basic vocabulary
Your immediate family: your mother, father,
brothers and sisters, or, if you are married, your
husband, wife and your sons and daughters
Your relatives or your relations: all your
immediate family plus your grandparents, great
grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins
Use these words below:
aunt
uncle
mece
grandfather grandmother granddaughters
grandsons nephew COUSinS
1 Your parents' parents are your and
your
2 Your father's brother and sister are your
and your
3 Your aunt's and uncle's children are your
4 Your brother's son and daughter are your
Your in-laws are your husband's or wife's family or
your children's husbands and wives Look at this
family tree and put names to the relations:
a a nuclear family
b an extended family
c a single-parent family
d a couple who adopted a child
e a couple with no children
1 We're married with three kids Our eldest son, Simon, has just started secondary school, our daughter, Lisa, is eight and our youngest son, Luke, is only five
2 We've only been married for a year We're not planning to start a family just yet
3 I'm a single mum I bring up my son Josh on
my own Josh doesn't mind being an only child but I think he'd like a brother or sister one day
4 We share the house with my mother and father and my wife's sister and her kids Everyone helps to look after all the children
5 We couldn't have children of our own so we decided that adoption was the only answer Lily came to live with us two years ago She seems very happy at the moment but we realise that she might want to find her real mother one day
You can say single mother, single father, single mum, single dad or a single-parent family
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
1 We're not planning to start
2 They help us take care of
3 We adopted
4 We share
5 She might want to find
a the house with my wife's family
b a baby from China
c her real mother one day
d the children
e a family j ust yet
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Complete the following sentences with the words
and phrases below:
the whole family
a very close family
a big family
family tree
a big family reunion
1 I come from
I've got four brothers and two sisters
2 We're We see each
other almost every day and if ever I'm in
trouble, I know I can turn to one of them for
help
3 It's my son's eighteenth birthday next week
We're hoping to get together
4 My wife and I are celebrating our 40th
wedding anniversary soon We're planning to
have
5 When I was researching my , I
found out that my great-great-grandfather
came over to England from Ireland 120 years
ago
People English Vocabulary Organiser
5 It runs in the family Complete the following expressions with the verbs below in their correct form:
a She just like her mother
b She's her father's nose
c He after his father
d It in the family
e You can't them apart
Now use the expressions to complete the following sentences:
1 John's got a terrible temper He
2 You can see that Jane is Mary's daughter She
3 All my brothers and sisters are good at sport It
4 You can see that little Rebecca is a Smith
5 We've got identical twins in my class at school Who do you look like in your family? Who do you take after? Is your family very close?
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6 Friends
1 He's my best friend
Use the following words to complete the
sentences below:
1 I hear you work with Peter Did you know
he was a friend of ?
2 I suppose Sandra is my friend
We ring each other most evenings
3 I'm going up to see some friends
in Scotland next week I haven't seen them
for over 30 years!
4 I wouldn't say he was a friend We
used to work together and we go for a drink
now and again
5 I met Martin at university It was the start of
a friendship
6 I wouldn't really call Sam a friend He's just
an I know him through
Kirsty and Paul
In informal British English young men often call
their friends nzc�tes You can say somebody is
your best mate In the United States men
sometimes call their male friends buddies
2 Other words for friend
Match the words on the left with the ideas on the
b We work for the same firm
c We write every month
a made
b true friends
c made friends with
d met him through
e pleased
f friendly with
g got to know
h introduced
1 How do you know Susan?
> Rachel and Peter me to her
2 How do you know Paul?
> I Steve and Peter
3 I really enjoyed my time at university I so many new friends
4 People say that Philip is a bit reserved but I him quite well when we had
to work on that report together
5 We had a great time on holiday in Spain
We a nice couple who were staying in the apartment next to ours
6 I didn't know you were the people next door to us I saw you there last night
7 It's when you are having a difficult time that you know who your really are
8 Anna, can I introduce you to an old friend
of mine? This is Zoe We were at college together
> Hi, Anna, to meet you
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4 Why people are friends
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
1 I didn't like J enny at first b ut n ow we get o n a similar b ackgrounds
2 We l ive in different towns now b ut we still try to see b in common
3 Mark and I get on very well We've got so much c in tou ch
4 Lucy's my b est f rien d I know I can always rely on d each other's company
5 Even if we move to different countries, we' d always stay e a long way
6 Mike and I do everythin g together We really enj oy f very well
7 I think we' re f rien ds b ecause we come from g her
8 I've known Susan since we were at school We go b ack h each other whenever we can
5 Problems in a friendship
Complete the following letters to a magazine problem page with these words and phrases:
lose
f ell out isn' t speaking
Dear Sally,
go o ur separate ways drift ed apart
to me I like Steve but I don't want to (4)
my hest friend What should I do?
Dear Sally, All the time we were at school Lucy and I were really close friends We really enjoyed each other's company and did everything together But since she went to university we seem
to have (5) She's made lots of new friends and doesn't have time for me Do you think there is anything I
can do to keep her as a friend or should I just accept it's time
to(6) • • • • ?
Use the words friends and family to complete this famous saying:
Yo u can choose your , but not your !
Is there a similar saying in your language? Have you got a best friend?
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7 Love and roma nce
Complete the following text with the words and
had never had a (2) When they
started ( 3) together, they were
both very nervous For their first ( 4)
Peter wanted to take her somewhere (5) ,
so he booked a table at an Italian restaurant
He walked her home When he left, they
(6) goodnight The next day
Anna told her best friend that she was
(7) with Peter and that this was
the first really serious (8) . in her life
If a girl has a boyfriend, and a boy has a
girlfriend, they are romantically involved Girls
also often refer to their female friends as
girlfriends
3 Starting a relationship
Match the beginnings and endings of the expressions below Use one of the endings twice
2 She's not really interested b about him
3 She's absolutely crazy c in him
4 I don't know what she sees d you
5 She's always flirting
Now use the expressions to complete the following sentences:
6 Julie seems to really like Ian, but personally, He must be at least ten years older than her
7 John isn't very happy at the moment He really likes this girl at college but at all
8 Debbie goes bright red every time she talks
to you I'm sure
9 Tina spends almost every evening with this new guy she's seeing
1 0.I'm sure Liz fancies that guy in the accounts department
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
1 Sarah's very happy at the moment She's seeing a going out together
2 Have you heard about Mark? He's going out b her for a date
3 Have you heard about Laura and Joe? They've started c with Susie Jones, the singer
4 Apparently, Phil and Liz have been seeing d some guy she met on holiday
5 Did Sally tell you about Mike? He asked e a lot of each other recently
In American English you say that you are dating somebody instead of seeing or going out with them
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Read the following sentences and put the words
and phrases in colour into the correct column
below:
1 It started out as just a casua l relationship but
one day I realised we had fa l len in love
2 Tina and Mike spend every minute together
They're obviously madly in love
3 I met a guy when I was in Greece, but I knew
it was just a ho liday romance I never saw
him again after we got back
4 John's been with Linda for ages He
abso lute ly adores her
5 I haven't had a girlfriend for a while now I
had a brief re lationship with someone a
few months ago, but it didn't really work out
5 The relationship
Match the beginnings of the phrases on the left
with the endings on the right:
1 She loves
2 She's in love
3 She fel l in love a with him
4 She kissed b him
5 She lives
6 She married
Now decide if each of the following sentences can
end in together If not, put a line through it
a They're going out together
b They're s leeping together
c They're in love together
d They've moved in together
e They're always kissing together
f They live together
g They're always ho lding hands together
h They're married together
People English Vocabulary Organiser
6 The end of a relationship Use these expressions in the situations below:
finished with never stop fighting split up
had a huge row weren't right for
1 Do you think I should invite Jeff and Sue to the party?
> Haven't you heard? They've fina lly decided
to
2 Didn't you know I'm not seeing James any more? I him last week It was fine while it lasted, but I think we both knew we each other
3 We invited Dave and Kate over for dinner last Saturday It was really embarrassing They and Kate went home in the middle of the main course
4 Julie and Dave I'm surprised they stay together
Very often if two people split up, they tell their friends that "we're iust good friends now''
If you want to deny that you are "having a relationship" with someone, you can say "We're just good friends "
7 He's been seeing somebody else Complete the response in four different ways:
I hear Mark and Lucy have split up What happened?
> She found out that he was
1 being a somebody else
2 seeing b unfaithful
3 having c on her
4 cheating d an affair
Are you romantic?
Do you believe in love at first sight?
Add your own words and expressions
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1 I've got some news I'm really excited Mark
me to marry him last night I
said yes !
2 I remember the day my husband
me We were on holiday in Greece It
was very romantic
3 Have you heard? Martin and Lisa have just
They're planning to get
married next year
> Really? That's fantastic Have they
• ?
4 In some countries parents their
children's marriages They look for a suitable
partner for their son or daughter to marry
The man you are engaged to is your fiance The
woman you are engaged to is your fiancee
Nowadays these words are less common
4 People at the wedding Use these words to describe the picture:
clergyman guests bridesmaids The two people getting married are the and the They are being married by the The two little girls are the The man standing on the groom's right is his The wedding are watching the ceremony
Here are the marriage vows a man says in Britain Complete them using these words:
I (John Smith) take thee (Jane Brown) to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for ( 1 ) , for richer, for (2) , in sickness and in (3) , to love and to cherish, till ( 4) us do part
Julie and Dave are getting married next month Match the beginnings of the phrases on the left with the endings on the right:
5 They've bought each other e invitations to all the wedding guests
7 Julie's going to have g the hotel for the reception
8 Dave's going to have h his brother to be best man
A wedding list is a list of the wedding presents you want, usually from one big department store
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The following events describe a traditional
wedding Put them in the correct order:
a Their friends throw confetti at them
b They cut the cake and make speeches
c Her father walks down the aisle with her
d They leave for their honeymoon
e They spend ages taking photographs!
f The bride arrives at the church late
g The couple make their wedding vows
h They go to a hotel for the wedding reception
i The happy couple walk back up the aisle,
man and wife!
The correct order is: . .
In Britain people either have a church wedding
or they have a civil ceremony in a registry office
They don't have both as in some countries If
people get married in church they usually have , ,
white wedding - the bride wears a traditional
white dress
7 They're happily married
Use these words and expressions in the text
below:
silver wedding get married happily married golden wedding I'm Keith Barratt I'm 2 1 and a student I'm still
single and probably won't ( 1 )
till I'm nearer 30
My parents are very (2)
They were married for 3 years before I was
born, so next year they're celebrating their
( 3) anniversary
Last year my grandparents celebrated their
(4) -50 years with
the same person! That's quite an achievement!
People English Vocabulary Orgoniser
8 When things go wrong Complete the following sentences with the words and phrases below:
a destroyed our marriage
b broke up
c get a divorce
d left him
e got custody of the children
f saved our marriage
g didn't work out
3 Our marriage after my wife discovered I'd been seeing somebody else
4 My wife and I last year
We hadn't been very happy for a while
We've now decided that the best thing is to
5 A few years ago my husband started seeing another woman I tried to forgive him but it was impossible In the end it
6 Things started to go wrong after about three years I guess we just got bored of each other Then I had a baby and things got much better I think that's what
7 I got divorced five years ago Unfortunately,
my ex-wife and now I only see them at the weekend and for a few weeks during the summer
Your ex-wife or ex-husband is the person you were married to before your divorce When people are speaking, they often just say ex - "I got divorced last year but I still see my ex sometimes "
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9 General appearance
1 He's qu ite a big guy
Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures on the right:
1 He isn't very tall
2 She's tall and slim
She's got a lovely figure
3 He's quite a big gu y
He's quite well-built
4 She's a bit overweight
5 He's very fat
He's absolutely enormous
6 He's very thin
He's so skinny
Slim is more positive and attractive than thin Skinny is negative If somebody is skinny, they are too thin Saying that somebody is overweight or plump is more polite than saying they're fat
2 A small, slim, blue-eyed blonde
Look at the following extracts of written language and match them to their sources below:
The police are looking for a man of
average height and medium build
in his mid-twenties He was last
seen wearing a dark green or grey
anorak
1 An extract from a novel
2 An extract from a newspaper report
3 An extract from the Guinness Book of Records
The first man was small and wiry, with sharp, strong features Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, with wide shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws
d
The tallest man in medical history
is Robert Pershing Wadlow who was born on 22nd February 1918
in Illinois, USA, and who died on 15th July 1940 in Michigan He was last measured on 27th June
1940 and was found to be 272cm tall
4 An advertisement in a lonely hearts section of a ne wspap e r
What do you think WLTM and GSH mean?
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Use these collocations in the sentences below:
long nails
big feet
lovely complexion
bad skin deep voice long legs
1 Siz e 12! Are these your shoes? You've got
really , haven't you?
2 You've got such Would you
like to move the seat back a bit?
3 I've never seen you in shorts before You've
got such You should go
running and try to build up them up a bit!
4 My boyfriend's got a really
It's like being with a gorilla
5 You've got such lovely
Are they real?
6 He's got such a I find it very
sexy when he speaks to me on the phone
7 K eith's new girlfriend must spend a fortune
on face cream to have such a
8 Poor Tim He's had really ever
since he was 1 3
4 Order of adjectives
Put these descriptions in the correct order:
1 He's a man with
hair (short, tall, fair, good-looking)
2 She's a woman with
hair (tall, long, thin)
3 I 've got hair and I 'm tall
and very (thin, straight, black)
4 She's very with a
tan and hair
(blonde, lovely, good-looking, long)
5 I wouldn't describe my husband as
and ! Short, overweight,
and going thin on top is more accurate!
(handsome, dark, tall)
Descnbing people English Vocabulary Orgo'"liser
5 Distinguishing features
Match the sentences with the pictures:
1 The accident left a scar on his forehead
2 He's got a birthmark on his head
3 I 've just had a tattoo done
4 He's got a mole on his back
How tall are you?
Do you have any distinguishing features?
Try to think of a famous person who is:
tall and thin short and stocky absolutely enormous
Add your own words and expressions
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Trang 26English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people
10 Clothes - �- -� �� -
-1 Basic vocabulary
Which person is wearing:
1 T-shirt and jeans
5 shorts and a sweatshirt
2 a blouse and skirt
6 a dress
3 a bow tie
7 a waistcoat
4 a shirt and tie
8 a jacket and tie
It is common for women to use top to talk about any shirt, T-shirt, blouse or jumper- "That's a nice top you're wearing." Trousers, ;eans, and shorts are plural words and take a plural verb form -
"Those are nice trousers" or "These shorts are very comfortable" You can also say a pair of trousers,
a pair of jeans or a pair of shorts In American English trousers are called pants
2 Outdoor clothes
Match the words with the pictures:
coat anorak hat cap gloves scarf
3 Shoes
Match the words and phrases with the pictures:
boots trainers sandals slippers high heels clogs flip-flops
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heel
Zip cuff
laces
6 Jewellery and accessories Match the words with the pictures:
necklace scarf handbag
nng earnng watch
7 What size are you?
belt brooch umbrella
Match the following sizes to the clothes below:
1 small , medium , large , extra-large
2 UK 12 I European 40
3 UK size 1 5 I European size 38
4 UK size 4 I European size 37
6 5 32 waist , 32 inside leg
'/ 6 Size 34C I European 75C I French 90C
L �-
<:: 7 UK size 9 I European 44
a ladies' shoes e men's shirt
b men's trousers f bra
c tights, T-shirts etc g men's shoes
d ladies dress/blouse/skirt/trousers/knickers
Add your own words and expressions
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Trang 28English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people
1 1 Ta lking about clothes
4 Shape and style
Write the following words with the correct group of words below:
shoes flat
3 platform runnmg
trousers long-sleeved
4 short-sleeved collarless
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1 You're looking very today
> Yes, I'm on my way to a job interview
2 You must spend a fortune on clothes
> I don't really, but I must admit I do like to
3 Will I have to wear a suit to the meeting?
> No, I expect most people will be wearing
fairly clothes
4 I need a new dress for this party but I don't
know what colour to go for
> Well, pink's supposed to be at
the moment, isn't it? It's this season's colour
5 Why are you throwing that jacket out?
> I t's Look, it's got a hole
under the arm and most of the buttons are
missing!
6 I like your new trousers They're very smart
> Well, I start my new job tomorrow and I
can't turn up wearing old jeans
Everyone there is very well-dressed
6 It doesn't really suit me
Use these words in the sentences below:
1 I t doesn't me It's too tight
2 It doesn't me I'm too old for it
3 It's the size It's too small
4 Do you think this top goes with my skirt?
> Well, no They don't at all,
actually
5 It's a bit for me
6 This skirt doesn't this jacket
Describing people English Vocabulary Organiser
7 Get
Add the following verbs in the sentences after the verb get:
changed dressed
on dressed up
1 That's a nice jumper you've got
I s it new?
2 I don't usually get until after
I 've had my breakfast
3 I 'm going to wash the car I think I 'll just get into some old clothes
4 Do we have to get for this dinner party tonight or can I just wear jeans?
Now underline the complete expressions with get
If you get dressed, you put your clothes on
If you dress up, you put on special clothes - for example, for a party
Which one of these don't you do !tfJ: your jacket I
your coat I your buttons I your zip I your socks I
your belt? The opposite of 'do up' is undo
8 Taking your clothes off
Match the beginnings and endings of these sentences:
1 He took a feet
2 She got b no clothes on
3 They had bare c undressed
4 He was completely d his clothes off
Have you ever bought second-hand clothes? Would you wear a fur coat?
Add your own words and expressions
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·� -1 Positive or negative comments
Mark the following P (positive) or N (negative):
1 She's got so much personality
2 She's a bit difficult at times
3 She isn't easy to get on with
4 She's got a great sense of humour
5 She's a bit of a pain sometimes
6 She's great fun
7 She can be a pain in the neck
8 She's my kind of person
Can you think of people you know who fit these
descriptions?
2 He's always doing that
Match the first part of these descriptions with the
second parts below:
1 Tony isn't very sensitive
a He's always buying me little presents
b He's always looking in the mirror
c He's always worrying about what people
think of him
d He's always saying the wrong thing
e He keeps forgetting where he's put things
f He keeps getting into fights
4 Opposites
3 He's far too modest
Complete the following dialogues with the following expressions:
tar too modest far too sensible
much too loyal far too honest
1 I think Mark took some money from my bag while we were out
> No, he's to do a thing like that
2 I'm still waiting for Lisa to say sorry for sending that fax to the wrong address
Y 'll 1 I L" '
> ou walt a ong t1me 1sa s
to admit anything's her fault
3 Jenny left a window open when she went out this morning Anybody could've got in
> Are you sure it was Jenny She's to do anything like that
4 Apparently, Amy asked Tom if he'd like to go out tomorrow night
> I don't believe you She's
to ask a boy out!
5 Julie got the highest mark in the class, but she didn't say a word
> No, she wouldn't She's
to say anything about it
6 I thought Martin was a good friend but he's been telling everybody that I'm boring
> re you sure artm s
to say something like that behind your back
Match the adjectives in sentences 1 - 5 with the opposites in sentences a - e:
1 Tom's really generous He bought everyone a Bruno's so -,h 1 I don't think he's spoken to
2 Claire's very hard-working She never leaves b I don't understand why he's so miserable He
3 Tina's very outgoing She's made friends c Lucy's very rensc She's always worrying with everybody else in the class already about something or other
4 Brian's a very easy-going sort of guy Nothing d Don't expect Tom to put any money in the
5 Jack's such a cheerful little boy I've never e I can't believe Emma's husband's so lazy He
In British English informal words for men are: guy, bloke and lad; lad is only used for young men
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Complete the following dialogues with the words
and phrases below:
moody
arrogant
amusmg selfish
stubborn silly
1 Lucy never thinks about anyone but herself
> Yes, she can be a bit sometimes
2 Oh, Laura's impossible One minute life is
wonderful and the next minute she's in her
room crymg
> Yes, she can be a bit , can't she?
3 I really don't like Bob He seems to think that
he's more important than anybody else
> He certainly can be very
4 Martin's such good fun He's got a great
sense of humour
> Yes, he can be very at times
5 I wish Joe would stop playing practical
j okes all the time It gets very tiring
> Yes, he can be really at times I
wish he'd grow up and behave like an adult
6 I told Emma that she shouldn't leave
university but she never listens to me
> No, she really can be very when
she wants, can't she?
6 Don't be so nosey
Complete the dialogues below with these
adjectives:
oossy sensitive fussy nosey
1 How much do you earn in your new job?
> That's a bit of you!
2 You can do the washing up while I'm out
> You can be so at times!
3 Jenny's really upset about what you said
> She's too
4 I can't eat these vegetables They've been
cooked in oil
> Oh, don't be so
Describing people English Vocabulary Orgoniser
Now go back and add these expressions to the end
of the responses:
a I was only joking!
b I'm not your slave!
c It's none of your business, actually
d All you ever do is complain!
7 Types of people Here are 8 different kinds of people Use them in the sentences below:
4 Martin's such a He never stops telling people how wonderful he is
5 You can't keep running away from your responsibilities You're such a
6 Just because Dave didn't go to university doesn't mean he's any less intelligent than you Don't be such a
7 Emma's husband's such a He just sits around all day watching TV
8 Billy knows hundreds of jokes He's such a !
8 Negative prefixes Change these words into their opposites by adding
un, dis, in, or im:
reliable pleasant patient decisive
honest loyal mature ambitious
sensitive tolerant friendly selfish Add your own words and expressions
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Trang 32English Vocabulary Organiser Describing people
1 3 Adjectives to d escribe people
1 That was a silly thing to do
Use these pairs of adjectives in the sentences:
wise I sensible careless I silly
horrible I nasty strange I funny
1 I locked my keys in the house this morning
>That was a very . I thing to do
2 I gave my neighbours' little boy some money
for his holidays and his parents took it from
him!
> Really? What a I thing to do
3 I'm thinking of getting myself a private
penswn
> Good idea That's a very I .
thing to do
4 They've been married for 25 years and then
one day she just walked out and never came
back
> Really? What a I thing to do!
2 It's very brave of you
Match the beginnings and endings of the following
sentences:
1 It was a bit cheeky of you
2 It's very brave of you
3 It was very generous of you
4 It was very clever of you
5 It was a bit dishonest of you
a to finish this crossword so quickly
b not to tell them they'd given you too much
change
c to go to India on your own
d to ask the teacher how old she is
e to pay for all the drinks
Now complete the following dialogues with the
phrases below:
6 I invited Sue and Gerry for dinner They
turned up an hour and a half late and didn't
8 Mary knew how busy I was, so she offered
to collect the kids from school for me
> That was of her
9 Sue said she had a headache, but she knew that Chris, her first husband, was going to
be at the party
> That was of her It would have been very embarrassing if she'd turned up
3 Aren't you being a bit selfish?
Complete the following dialogues with the words below:
pessimistic intolerant opti�tic
1 I know I'm going to get this job - the interview went so well
> I think you're being a bit Hundreds of people have applied for it
2 I'm trying to persuade Liz to give up her job and come and live with me in Scotland
4 Why haven't they phoned me back? I know I'm not going to get this job
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Complete the following sentences with a noun
formed from the adjective at the end of each
sentence:
1 Thousands would have died in last year's
famine in Ethiopia, if it wasn't for the
of ordinary people
(generous)
2 They've always shown me great
(kind)
3 The theatre's sent me tickets for the wrong
day again I can't believe their
(careless)
4 Considering how ill I've been, I thought my
boss would show a bit more
( sympathetic)
5 She handled the situation very well She
showed great
( sensitive)
6 You've been such a great help I'd like to
buy you dinner as an expression of my
(grateful)
7 I do wish those children would show a little
more sometimes
(patient)
8 He just told me to shut up and walked off
I've never known such
(rude)
9 You don't like him because of his accent?
You could show a bit more
Did you notice how many of these words were
used with the verb show? Go back and underline
the show + noun expressions
Describing people English Vocabulary Orgoniser
5 What a nasty thing to say
Which words fit in the two examples below?
mce mean sweet kind spiteful
1 He said I was fat
nasty lovely unkind rude horrible
> Really? What a(n) thing to say
2 I can't believe you're forty-five You look much younger than that
> What a thing to say Thank you
3 Well, if you won't let me watch what I want
to watch, I'm not doing the washing up
> Oh, don't be so !
4 I know I won't get this j ob I don't know why
I bothered applying
> Don't be so !
a Why don't you grow up?
b I've only got one pair of hands!
c Why not look on the bright side?
d It's none of your business!
Add your own words and expressions
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Trang 34English Vocabulary Organiser Feelings and emotions
1 4 Feelings and emotions
� -1 Basic vocabulary 1
Match the situations with the feelings below:
1 I didn't understand any of the questions
2 A huge dog came running towards me
3 We're taking the kids to the zoo on Saturday
4 I've got my driving test tomorrow
5 I've been up since half past five
6 I forgot my Dad's birthday again
7 My Mum and Dad arrived at the club and
started dancing!
8 You only say you don't like Steve because
you haven't got a boyfriend
a I'm starting to feel really tired
b You're just jealous
c I was really scared
d I was really confused
e I feel so guilty
f I'm really nervous
g They're really excited
h I was so embarrassed
2 Basic vocabulary 2
Now do the same with these situations:
1 I can't believe I got so drunk
2 I didn't expect the film to be so violent
3 Why didn't you phone to say you'd be late?
4 There's a huge spider in the bath!
5 They talked about computers all evening
6 I got the results back from the hospital today
They're negative, thank goodness!
7 When my daughter became a doctor, I was
really pleased
8 She came home to find we'd organised a big
party for her
a I'm really frightened of them
h I was quite shocked by it
3 Moods and feelings Use the correct form of these verbs in the situations below:
1 If you love Kay, you've got to tell her Don't your feelings from her
2 Why you in such a bad mood today? Have I upset you ?
3 Ann's a very emotional person She isn't afraid to her feelings in public
4 I've mixed feelings about leaving I'll
be glad to say goodbye to this place, but I'll miss all my friends
5 You seem to in a good mood this morning! Have you won the lottery?
Now go back and underline the complete expressions
If someone is c1 bit moody or in a funny mood, they are not very happy
4 ' Get' + feel ing 'Get' is a common verb to use with emotions Use the correct form of these expressions:
get a bit tired get a bit worried get really excited get bored
get nervous get a bit confused get really jealous get embarrassed
1 My boyfriend doesn't like it if I speak to other boys when we're out He
2 Lisa said she'd be home by eleven I'm beginning to
3 Can't we go out and do something? I'm just watching TV
4 Shall we stop and have a rest soon? I'm
5 We're taking the children camping next weekend They're about it
6 Don't keep asking him about his girlfriend
C , an t you see e s h ' ;l
7 These instructions aren't easy to follow I'm
8 I've got my driving test next month I'm already about it
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the pilot announced that he was going to
land in Kuwait
> I was absolutely
2 Did you say you saw people in the sea?
> Yes! In the middle of winter! I was
absolutely
3 What a long day! You must be tired
> I'm absolutely
4 Did you see the news last night? English
football fans in trouble again! I don't know
what they're thinking about
> Yes, I was absolutely I just
don't understand why they have to do it
5 I hear Tony's just lost his job How's he
taking it?
> He was absolutely He
thought he had a job for life
6 Did you read about the murder of that
little girl?
> Yes, I think the whole country is
that that sort of thing can happen
1 I'm afraid dogs
2 I'm really nervo us the test tomorrow
3 You should be ashamed yourself
4 There's nothing to worry
5 It took me surprise
Feelings and emotions English Vocabulary Orgoniser
6 Well done! We're so proud you
7 I'm tired doing the same thing day after day I need a change
8 I was quite ,hocked the way he reacted
9 I wish I hadn't been so horrible to Ruth now
I feel really guilty it
7 I couldn't believe my eyes Use these expressions in the situations below:
a I can't be bothered
b I went bright red
c I was scared stiff
d I can't wait
e I couldn't believe my eyes
1 You're off to the Caribbean tomorrow, aren't you ?
> Yes, I'm so excited
2 I hear you spilled your coffee all over the table at the meeting yesterday
> Yeah! I was so embarrassed
3 Are you going to fill in that job application this evening?
> No, I'm too tired
4 A cow in the garden! You must have been a bit surprised
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-1 Basic vocabu lary
Match the groups of sentences with the pictures:
1 I'm a bit disappomted
I'm not very happy
I could've done better
2 We're absolutely delighted
We're absolutely ecstatic
We're absolutely thrilled
3 I'm very pleased with it
It's just what I wanted
I'm glad you like it
4 She's very upset
She's very unhappy
She's absolutely heartbroken
5 He's depressed
He's miserable
He's really fed up
2 She broke my heart
We use a lot of idiomatic expressions when we are
talking about people's moods Complete the
expressions in green with these nouns:
J OY moon
1 We won 3-0 today It was a great result
We're over the
2 My Dad was killed in a car accident when
he was 30 It broke my mother's
3 When we heard we'd managed to get tickets
for their only UK concert, we were j umping
for
4 I knew she was upset, but it took me by
surprise when she suddenly burst into
5 I can't believe how lucky I am I'm so happy
I'm on top of the
3 G ive me a smile
Use the correct form of these verbs in the sentences below:
1 Come on, everybody! I'm trying to take a picture
2 When Keith told that story about the time he was stuck in a lift, it was so funny, I couldn't stop
3 Diana's very upset I can hear her upstairs in her room
4 It wasn't a very relaxing holiday My husband about everything! First it was the hotel, and then it was the rain Then, when the sun did come out, it was too hot!
I wish we'd stayed at home!
5 Why do you keep ? Is something the matter? Are you unhappy about something?
Trang 374 Feeling homesick
Look at this letter that a foreign student has written
home to his girlfriend Complete the letter with the
words and phrases below:
m1ssmg lonely
ho mesick m yself
��"Uoona
on m y own lookin g
Life here in Englanu IS vt!ry different
from Brazil The food is nothing like
ours and all the pubs close at eleven
o'clock I haven't made many friends
yet Sometimes I feel a bit (1) . .
If I think about Rio for too long, I
start to feel quite (2)
It really is all quite interesting Now
and again, I go out with the other
students in my class, but I spend
most of my free time by (3)
I went to the cinema (4)
on Friday night - I've never done
that before!
I'm really (5) . . you and I'm
(6) . forward to coming home
next month
Yours
Paulo
Feelings and emotions English Vocabulary Organ.ser
6 Supporting a friend Look at the following expressions and decide if you say them when somebody is happy (H) or sad (S):
1 Con gra tulations !
2 What's the ma tter?
3 I feel a bit sorry for her
a Your friend 's mother has jus t died
b Your friend is gettin g marr ied
c Your friend needs encouraging
d Your friend has jus t won a golf tournament
e Your friend has been cr ying
f Your sister has jus t lost her job
g Your friend can't co me to your par ty
Here are 3 more expressions They are similar in meaning to 3 expressions above Match them up:
Match up the halves of these more formal sentences Notice the nouns in colour
1 It gives me great pleasur e
2 He was overco me with grief
3 We wish you great joy and happiness
4 It was with grea t sa dness
5 Martin was a huge disappointment
6 One can see the miser y
a to his fa ther
b this war has caused on ever y street corner
c in your future life to gether
d to announ ce tha t the winner is Mr C Gough
e that I left my ho me town af ter so many years
f when his wife passed away
Add your own words and expressions
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2 He was absolutely furious
Match words of similar meaning from the two
columns:
cross
annoymg
livid calm
OK annoyed
Now use the pairs in the situations below:
1 I bet Julie was angry when she found out
you'd lost the tickets
> No, she was quite I about
it, actually
2 How did your boss react when you told her
you'd forgotten to send off that order?
> She was quite I I had to
phone the clients in America and apologise
3 What did your Dad do when you told him
you'd crashed the car?
> He was absolutely . I
4 Can you turn your Walkman down? I can
hear every word It's really I
> Oh, sorry I didn't realise
3 He hit the roof
4 Angry id ioms Use the following words to complete the idioms in the sentences below:
nerves enough crazy death straw
1 Will you please stop interrupting? You're driving me
2 Will you shut up? You're really getting on
5 I'm sick to of this If they ask me to work on Saturday morning again, I'm quitting the job
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
1 It doesn't take much to make him angry He's always losing a and swearing
2 When Sarah finds out I've broken her camera, she's going to go b with rage
4 I know you're angry but that's no reason to raise d mad
5 I've never seen him so angry He was s haking e his temper
6 When my dad found out I'd crashed the car, he hit f your voice
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Complete the expressions below with these words:
Now use the expressions in these situations:
1 Hey, what do you think you' re doing? I was
> Yes, but Som ebody came
out of a sid e road without looking
3 That's the thi rd glass you've b rok en this
week
> I'm really sorry It was
an accid ent
4 W e wouldn't have miss ed th e train i f you
hadn't taken so long to get ready
> ! It was you that didn't
want to pay fo r a taxi to th e station
5 Did you eat a ll that choco lat e that was in the
fridge?
> Yes, I'm sorry I saw it there and
You should've hidden it
som ewhere
6 I' ll n ever fo rgiv e you How cou ld you hav e
done som ething like that?
> Look, I've said I'm sorry ?
Feelings and emotions English Vocabulary Organiser
6 Angry and calm responses Look at the following situation:
Pet er b rok e an expensiv e vase playing with a ball in th e living room His father
is abso lutely furious but his mother is quite ca lm about it
Look at the following lines from their conversation Decide who is speaking - Peter's father (F) or his mother (M):
1 Don't worry W e can buy a new on e
2 I've told you a thousand times before
3 It doesn't rea lly matter, does it?
4 It's not the end of the world
5 You nev er list en to a wo rd I say
6 It was an accident He didn't m ean to do it
7 I cou ld kill him
8 Calm down ! Don't you think you' re over reacting ?
7 Yourself Look at the following pairs of sentences and underline the one that's true for you:
1 I'm fairly ca lm and easy-going
I often los e my t emper;
-2 There are lots of things that real ly annoy m e
I don't let too many things both er me
3 I often notice other people's annoying habits Oth er people's hab its don't bother m e
R oad rage is when a driver gets very angry with another driver Have you ever experienced it?
Add your own words and expressions
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1 Liking something a lot 2 Positive, neutral or negative?
Which of the two choices in colour expresses a
stronger feeling?
1 What's this CD? I really like I quite like it
2 I like I do like your coat Where did you get it?
It is very common to talk about liking or disliking something by saying, for example: "it's fantastic"
or "it's terrible" Put the words and phrases below into the correct box:
3 You should go to New York one day You'd
love I like it
wonderful appalling brilliant
fantastic
terrible awful
excellent not bad dreadful
great all right
OK
4 I'm going to have a dessert I love I
absolutely adore strawberries
5 Why don't you get Claire a CD? She's very
keen on I absolutely mad about Blur
very positive neutral very negative
6 I quite enjoy I really look forward to going to
the gym after a hard day in the office
A modern and informal way of saying that you
like doing something is I 'm into it For example:
I'm really into that kind of music
He's into everything alternative - vegetarian
food, alternative medicine, that kind of thing
3 Saying you like something
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences below:
2 I'm really looking forward b of Paris I've been there five times
5 My little girl's absolutely crazy e my work
6 I get a lot of enjoyment f to seeing all my friends again
4 When you are asked what you like
Match up the questions and answers to make two-line conversations:
1 Shall we get a bottle of red wine? a Not much, really I prefer meat
2 Do you fancy going to the cinema? b I wouldn't be seen dead in it! It's for kids!
4 Do you eat here often? d I can take it or leave it, actually
5 Do you like whisky and things like that? e I'd rather stay at home, if you don't mind
6 Have you been to that new club? f Yes, it's one of my favourite restaurants
5 Prepositions
Complete the text below with the following prepositions:
Although I'm keen ( 1 ) leading a healthy life, I'm not mad (2 ) health food shops and I'm certainly not (3) alternative medicine I'm too fond (4) . sweet things and good wine! I get
a lot of enjoyment ( 5 ) sport, but after a game of football, I do look forward (6) going out for a really nice meal with a good bottle of Spanish wine, followed by coffee and chocolates!